Dan Hegarty - The Alternative Tuesday 12 November 2013

Dan Hegarty - The Alternative

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HOPE SANDOVAL – BACK & FORTH

Her vocals have featured on tracks for Massive Attack, Death In Vegas, Air, and The Jesus & Mary Chain, but she's best known as the voice of Mazzy Star. In the years between 1996's 'Among My Swan' and 'Seasons of Your Day' (2013), she released albums as part of Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. This week's Back & Forth features the remarkable voice of Hope Sandoval.

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ALBUMS OF THE WEEK: GHOST MAPS, M.I.A, & SOMADRONE

Ghost Maps is the current guise for Jeff Martin of Halfset. If you were a fan of Martin's hugely underrated 2005 album 'Spoons', you'll love 'The Ocean From The River'. It's an album of great depth and full of imagination; the sound of an artist that has challenged themselves, and succeeded on every level.

Controversy never seems to be that far away from M.I.A. who is back with album number four. Pressure? What pressure? 'Matangi' is not quite the glitzy mainstream crossover sound that some had predicted, but it certainly does underline her credentials as a major star. Some say she's full of it, but you can't deny that she is what you would call forward-thinking.

After spending the last few years living in the US, Somadrone gives us a new album in the form of 'The First Wave'. Now Dublin-based, Somadrone (AKA Neil O'Connor) has put together an album of tunes that are slick and sophisticated, but so damn good that anyone will like them. A touch retrospective, yet very much progressive on other parts; 'The First Wave' is an album that deserves a wide and appreciative audience.